Wright's a Mississippi guy, originally from Clarksdale, MS. He came and spoke at Ole Miss last school year during "Journalism Week" and I got the opportunity to listen to him for the hour and 15 minutes. It turned into a big story telling. It was awesome.

Wright's a Mississippi guy, originally from Clarksdale, MS. He came and spoke at Ole Miss last school year during "Journalism Week" and I got the opportunity to listen to him for the hour and 15 minutes. It turned into a big story telling. It was awesome.

Could have been a touch shorter (I wonder if writing primarily for the web erodes one's discipline on length just a little bit...). But, still, a hell of a story. One of the handful of best magazine stories I've read this year. Also, I'm pretty impressed that he's basically been working it for six years, across two jobs.

EDIT: Whoops. I just realized this thread wasn't on Wright's story about Sweet Jimmy Robinson. Rare to see two stories by him in the same week. So I was confused. Haven't read this yet, but Sweet Jimmy was top notch.

Wright's a Mississippi guy, originally from Clarksdale, MS. He came and spoke at Ole Miss last school year during "Journalism Week" and I got the opportunity to listen to him for the hour and 15 minutes. It turned into a big story telling. It was awesome.

I don't even think he attended Ole Miss. Someone here probably knows.

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Nope. Mizzou.

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He does live in Oxford these days, though. His dad used to be a big wheel in Democratic politics, serving as state finance chairman for several president campaigns.

Wright's a Mississippi guy, originally from Clarksdale, MS. He came and spoke at Ole Miss last school year during "Journalism Week" and I got the opportunity to listen to him for the hour and 15 minutes. It turned into a big story telling. It was awesome.

I don't even think he attended Ole Miss. Someone here probably knows.

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Nope. Mizzou.

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He does live in Oxford these days, though. His dad used to be a big wheel in Democratic politics, serving as state finance chairman for several president campaigns.

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I knew he was in Oxford, or down that way. Our paths crossed at Mizzou for a year or two, and I ran into him at the Ole Miss-Mizzou game in '07.

I enjoyed the read on New Orleans, especially the arc of the story. The comparison with Dallas at the end was some inspired stuff.

Wright obviously uses his knowledge of New Orleans from his days at the Times-Picayune to do an excellent job for ESPN.com, where he is a senior writer. If you pay your dues and work hard, maybe you too may some day crank out something like this.